Improvement in farm-gates



Y fait D.L. KOONS, OF TRlMBLE, OHIO. Lette/rs .Patent No. 85,674, dated January 5, 1869.

mrPRovnMnN'r rN FARM-GATES.

The Schedule referred to in ,these Letters Patent-and making parl'. of the same T0 an whom "Wma/.ll 0071007" l is a swinging fulcrum, pivoted to a panel of the Be it known that I, D. L. KOONS, of Trimble, county gate. It is connected with treadles H by means of of Athens, and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and rod K.

improved Grate; and I hereby declarethe following to K is the rod, just referred to. be a full, clear, and exact. description thereof, which L are pins, between which the lower end of the will enable those skilled in the art to make and use front stile of the gate rests.

with a system of levers, that the latchv may be withhereinafter fully described.

-.portion, which fits into the latch. The other arm. 'passes across the face of the treadle H, and is secured the same, reference being had to the accompanying The operation of my inventionisas follows: drawings, making apart of this speciication, inwhich- -Thegate being closed, to open it, place the foot on Figure l is a front elevation; the piece at the lower end of the treadle. A slight Figure 2 is atransverse vertical section through line downward pressure lowers the long arm of lever F gez, g. 1. and elevates the short arm. The short arm, being Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding connected with one of the panels by link f, carries the parts, f panel upward with it. This it is enabled to do, in My invention relates to swinging gates; and 'consequence of all the panels being pivoted at each It consists'in so constructing a gate, in combination end to the stiles. The same operation passes the top of the front stile upward, and through the opening in the beams. When the treadle hasbeen lowered until the notch will engage on the pins, secure it thereon, and the gate is ready to swing open.

When the gate is closed, disengage the treadle, and

drawn and the front stile of thegate elevated from its natural position by means of such levers, as will be A, in the drawings, are the stiles. The rear stile is hinged to the gate-post at a. They are slotted vertically, at b, to receive the ends of the panels and the latch.

'B are parallel beams, which are secured in recesses on the sides of the rear stile, near its top. The upright, A', is carried betweenthem. l

C: are braces, litt-ing into diagonal recesses on the sides of the rear stile, and of the beam.

D are the panels, pivoted in the slots b of the stiles.

E is the latch, one end ofwhich passes through one of the slots b into a socket in the gate-post. The 'other end is secured to an arm of bell-crank lever G5 F is a lever, pivoted to the upright, A. A link, f, connects it with one of the panels of the gate. K l

Gr is a bell-crank lever, also pivoting on the upright, A'. The extremity of its upper arm has a hooked` own gravity. The latch, being governed by the motion of the head O, regains its socket.

be placed higher or lower, as may be desired. It is evident that a gate of this kind lmay be held very rm in its closed position, as its front 'stile is seit vcan' be opened easily during the prevalence of snow. Having thus described the natureand operation of my'invention, y

ters Patent, isfllever G, and latch E, substantially as shown and described. 2. The arrangement of the swinging fulcr'um 1,0011- necting-*link K, treadles H, and pins h, for lthe purpose thereon by means of an eye-bolt.

H are the treadles, pivoted to the long arm of the lever F.

Cap-pieces are fitted to one of thepanels, as shown, to secure them in place, and to regulate them in their vibratcry motion. Notches are 'cut in their sides, at a proper height, which embrace pins, located so as to be reached, when the front' stile is elevated and the latch withdrawn. By this means the stile and latch are secured when elevated and withdrawn. Foottially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to witnesses.-

' D. L. KOONS.

Witnesses:

J. M. JOHNSON, A. H. Orurrnu.

pieces, made, in this instance, of sheet-iron, are secured to the 'lower ends of the treadles.

the front stile will fall into its naturalposition by its .'It will be observed that the -treadle and levers may cured in a socket, or between pins, as well asby means` of thelatch; vthat it cannot sag, as is usual, and thatr/ What .I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- 1. The combination of the lever F, treadle-lever 131,*

of securing the gate 1n its elevated position, substanthi's specification, in the presence o f two subscribing' 

